Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card
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Book Reviews of Shadow of the Giant
Book Review: The end of Bean's (and Peter's) story
Summary: 4 Stars
The child warriors of the Battle School are now adults and are rising to lead their home countries. This, however, might not be good news for the Earth, as their ambitions seem destined to plunge the world into devestating wars. Peter Wiggin, older brother of Ender and titular Hegemon of Earth, has another plan. He wants to use his office, originally nothing more than an honorary title, to unite the planet under a single government, bringing lasting peace. At his side is Julian Delphiki, better known as Bean. Bean was a key to Ender's victory over the aliens, saving the Earth. Now he and his wife Petra are searching for their children, stolen as embryos and secretly implanted in surrogate mothers, as well as helping Peter with his efforts to unite the people of the world.
This is a satisfying conclusion to the stories of both Bean and Peter Wiggin, and explains the origins of the Hegemony that becomes part of Ender's story as he voyages across space and time. How many more stories are left to be told? What about Valentine, sister to Ender and Peter? Might there be another parallel series in the works? Fans of the series can only hope...
Book Review: Excelent book
Summary: 5 Stars
This book ends the shadow series perfectly. I only wish there were more to read.Book Review: AMAZING
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is absolutely amazing, there are several unanticipated twists and Bean's impending doom is a theme throughout the book.
10 out of 10
a great book
I couldn't put it down
Book Review: Hope of a Sequel overshadows "Giant"
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently read the book, Shadow of the Giant, by Orson Scott Card and thought it was a very good conclusion to the parallel series to the Ender quartet. I find its main downfall is that it doesn't wrap up the plot successfully. Fortunately for me, Card is writing a semi-sequel, called Shadow Flight to draw together the final Ender book, Children of the Mind, and Shadow of the Giant. The plot of this book shows Peter Wiggin's rise to power and how Bean, the giant of the title helps him while searching for his children. He is worried that his children will have the genetic problem that made him so large. This story details the ending of the war in the previous book in the Bean Quartet, Shadow Puppets. It is well written and explains almost everything well. In Shadow of the Giant and the other novels in this series the author almost never shows the passage of time. I was under the impression that all the main characters were between 14 and 16 at the start of the book but from out of nowhere you hear they are between 16 and 20. It is a very interesting book to read and keeps your attention until the last page and beyond. It leaves you wondering two questions, will they find Bean's last child and will they find the solution to Anton's Key? Finally I would like to say that I would not recommend this book to anyone who has not read the rest of the Quartet, and I would not recommend the Bean Quartet to anyone who has not read the Ender Quartet. However I would recommend both series to everyone in order. Book Review: Casting Light on the Shadow Series
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently read the book, "Shadow of the Giant", by Orson Scott Card and thought it was a very good conclusion to the parallel series to the Ender quartet. I find its main downfall is that it doesn't wrap up the plot successfully. Fortunately for me, Card is writing a semi-sequel to draw together the final Ender book, "Children of the Mind", and "Shadow of the Giant". The plot of this book shows Peter Wiggin's rise to power and how Bean, the giant of the title helps him while searching for his children. He is worried that his children will have the genetic problem that made him so large. This story details the ending of the war in the previous book in the Bean Quartet, "Shadow Puppets". It is well written and explains almost everything well. In "Shadow of the Giant" and the other novels in this series the author almost never shows the passage of time. I was under the impression that all the main characters were between 14 and 16 at the start of the book but from out of nowhere you hear they are between 16 and 20. It is a very interesting book to read and keeps your attention until the last page and beyond. It leaves you wondering two questions, will they find Bean's last child and will they find the solution to Anton's Key? Finally I would like to say that I would not recommend this book to anyone who has not read the rest of the Quartet, and I would not recommend the Bean Quartet to anyone who has not read the Ender Quartet. I would recommend both series to everyone in order.